Article 6 Competent authority

1.Without prejudice to the tasks entrusted to the Security Accreditation Board (SAB) referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2021/696, the authority responsible for certifying and overseeing compliance with this Regulation shall be:

(a)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (a), the competent authority designated in accordance with Annex II (Part-145) to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014;

(b)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (b), the competent authority designated in accordance with Annex Vc (Part-CAMO) to Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014;

(c)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (c), the competent authority designated in accordance with Annex III (Part-ORO) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012;

(d)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), points (d) to (f), the competent authority designated in accordance with Annex VII (Part-ORA) to Regulation

(EU)No 1178/2011;

(e)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (g), the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2015/340;

(f)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (h), the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/373;

(g)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (i), the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 14(1) or 14(2), as applicable, of Regulation

(EU)2021/664.

(h)with regard to organisations referred to in Article 2(1), point (j), the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 3(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1769.

2.Member States may, for the purposes of this Regulation, designate an independent and autonomous entity to fulfil the assigned role and responsibilities of the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1. In that case, coordination measures shall be established between that entity and the competent authorities, as referred to in paragraph 1, to ensure effective oversight of all the requirements to be met by the organisation.

3.The Agency shall cooperate in full compliance with the applicable rules on secrecy, protection of personal data and protection of classified information with the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), and the SAB referred to in Article 36 of Regulation

(EU)2021/696 in order to ensure effective oversight of the requirements applicable to EGNOS air navigation service provider.